The European Food Safety Authority is to publish its conclusions on glyphosate use in the next few months and will take into account the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) study on the active ingredient, The Malta Independent on Sunday has learnt.

The IARC is a branch of the World Health Organisation.

The EFSA plays a key role in the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment. According to Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola, who confirmed with this newsroom that EFSA is looking into a possible renewal of this active substance, the European Commission will only take a stand on this issue when EFSA completes its review on IARC’s assessment.

Sales of the herbicide produced by Monsanto must stop in December if not given re-authorisation. The Commission proposed to extend marketing to June of next year.